The Times reports that at a March meeting in Arizona, Selig told his trusted cohorts on MLB's executive council "that they would play a role in picking the next commissioner, and they discussed forming a formal search committee."

When other owners learned of the meeting it irritated some of other owners "who believed that Mr. Selig was trying to bar them so he could retain as much control as possible," according to the Times.

Meanwhile, the New York Post threw out a name we had not seen connected to MLB's search for Selig's successor - Robert Iger, the chairman and CEO of the Disney Co., which operates ESPN.

“MLB has expressed an enormous amount of interest in Iger as a potential candidate," a source told the Post.

About Bob Wolfley

Bob Wolfley retired in October 2014 He wrote the SportsDay blog and column and about TV and radio issues.